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WorkSafe Tasmania is the part of the Department of Justice that supports the Minister for Building and Construction in the administration of the following laws:

All links are to the Tasmanian Legislation Online website.

Asbestos Related Diseases (Occupational Exposure) Compensation Act 2011

Construction Industry (Long Service) Act 1997

Dangerous Goods (Road and Rail Transport) Act 2010

Explosives Act 2012

Local Government (Building and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1993 (Part 7)

Long Service Leave (Casual Wharf Employees) Act 1982

Long Service Leave (State Employees) Act 1994

Long Service Leave Act 1976

Mines Work Health and Safety (Supplementary Requirements) Act 2012

Security-sensitive Dangerous Substances Act 2005

Shop Trading Hours Act 1984

Statutory Holidays Act 2000

Work Health and Safety Act 2012

Work Health and Safety (Transitional and Consequential Provisions) Act 2012

Workers' (Occupational Diseases) Relief Fund Act 1954

Workers Rehabilitation and Compensation Act 1988

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